West Coast PE On-Cycle Logistics

Incoming IB analyst here, considering recruiting on-cycle this coming fall. Had a few questions that previous posts haven't really touched on:

  1. Which MF/UMM firms have strong presences in the West Coast?
  2. For on-cycle, will these teams hold super-days in California, or will they only fly out to NYC?

In general just trying to gauge how much of a disadvantage SF/LA based IB analysts are at compared to their NYC counterparts for PE recruiting (even for PE firms with offices on the West Coast).

 
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  1. In LA, you have Leonard Green, Oaktree, and Ares. In SF / Menlo / Palo Alto, you have TPG, Silver Lake, H&F, Thoma Bravo, Genstar, Golden Gate, Francisco, GI Partners, etc. KKR has a Menlo office. I'm sure I'm missing several names but these are some of the firms that come to the top of my mind.

  2. Most funds hold superdays at their offices. Given how quickly PE recruiting happens now, I'm not sure if there's a been a shift away from this. Thoma isn't based out of NY but I'm pretty sure they extended offers when they came there to recruit, back when they kicked off the on-cycle process in 2018. Anecdotally, I now a few guys who interviewed with GI and they had to go to SF for superdays (don't think they have a NYC office though).

Probably not the best response to Question 2 given that most of my friends / colleagues who recruited for PE weren't actively looking for opportunities on the West Coast.

 

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